Linfield’s offense
was better than ever: This blogger
had his suspicions after the Hardin-Simmons game, and by the end of the season,
my suspicions were proven correct: This
is the best Linfield offense that I've ever seen in the four years that I've been following Linfield football.
Averaging 44.8 points and 485.8 yards of offense per game in 2012, the ‘Cat
Attack blew opposing defenses away with tempo, pace, and a prolific passing
attack; the Wildcats were effective at breaking people down by the third quarter,
especially in the last five games of the season; watching the ‘Cat Attack race
up to the line of scrimmage, snapping off play after play, felt like watching
the Oregon Ducks, except for not as fast.
Linfield’s defense
took no steps back: In the
preseason, some people thought that Linfield’s defense would take a serious
step back in 2012 because of the graduation of their entire secondary,
seemingly disregarding the fact that Linfield returned their entire lethal
front seven. The Wildcat defense proved
them all wrong by turning in another fantastic season. Although they only forced 17 turnovers in
nine games, the Wildcat defense gave up 16.2 points and 270.8 yards of offense
per game for the season, both of which are better than last season’s Wildcat
defense.
Linfield is still the
King of the NWC: In 2012, the
Northwest conference was tougher than it’s been in a long time; Pacific
Lutheran went 7-2, Willamette went 8-2, and even middle-of-the-pack Whitworth
went 7-3. The games between the 2-6
teams of the conference were highly competitive, but nobody outside of Pacific
Lutheran could even come close to Linfield; Linfield dominated the northwest
conference even more than they did last season, when the conference wasn't as
tough. With 10 returning starters on
defense and the return of the entire offensive line and running back core on
offense, Linfield has a strong chance of winning a fifth straight conference
championship next season.
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